| SB 0591 | Provides that certain circuit clerks shall be appointed |
| Sponsor: | Shields | |||
| LR Number: | 1832S.01I | Fiscal Note: | 1832-01 | |
| Committee: | Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence | |||
| Last Action: | 03/03/03 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil & | Journal page: | S359 | |
| Criminal Jurisprudence Committee | ||||
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| Effective Date: | August 28, 2003 | |||
SB 591 - This act provides that the circuit clerk in any
county, except the city of St. Louis, operating under the
nonpartisan court plan shall be appointed by a majority of the
circuit judges and associate circuit judges of the circuit court.
The clerk shall be removable for cause by a majority of such
judges. This act will become effective on January 1, 2004.
Elected circuit clerks in office at that time shall continue to
hold their office until the expiration of their elected terms.
JIM ERTLE